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BrTrMy brethren that went up with me turned away the heart of the people, but I [fn]applied myself to follow the Lord my God.
14:8Or, according to the Heb. idiom, ‘fully followed.’
ULTAnd my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt. But I was fully after Yahweh my God.
USTThe other men who went with us gave a report that caused the people to be afraid. But I fully followed Yahweh and obeyed everything he commanded us to do.
BSB § Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
NETMy countrymen who accompanied me frightened the people, but I remained loyal to the Lord my God.
LSVand my brothers who have gone up with me have caused the heart of the people to melt, and I have been fully after my God YHWH;
FBVBut those who went with me made our people afraid. However, I have faithfully followed the Lord my God.
T4TThe other men who went with us gave a report that caused the people to be afraid [IDM]. But I fully/completely believed that Yahweh would enable us to take the land from the people who lived there.
LEBMy companions who went up with me made the hearts[fn] of the people melt, but I remained true to Yahweh my God.
RVNevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
WbstrNevertheless, my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
KJB-1769Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. (Nevertheless my brethren/brothers that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. )
KJB-1611[fn]Neuerthelesse, my brethren that went vp with me, made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
BshpsNeuerthelesse, my brethre that went vp with me, discouraged the hearte of the people: And I folowed the Lorde my God. (Nevertheless, my brethren/brothers that went up with me, discouraged the hearte of the people: And I followed the Lord my God.)
GnvaBut my brethren that went vp with me, discouraged the heart of the people: yet I followed still the Lord my God. (But my brethren/brothers that went up with me, discouraged the heart of the people: yet I followed still the Lord my God. )
CvdlHowbeit my brethren that wente vp with me, discoraged the hert of the people: but I folowed ye LORDE my God vnto the vttemost. (Howbeit my brethren/brothers that went up with me, discoraged the heart of the people: but I followed ye/you_all LORD my God unto the vttemost.)
WyclForsothe my britheren, thats tieden with me, discoumfortiden the herte of the puple, and neuertheles Y suede my Lord God. (Forsothe my brethren/brothers, thats tieden with me, discoumfortiden the heart of the people, and nevertheles I followed my Lord God.)
LuthAber meine Brüder, die mit mir hinaufgegangen waren, machten dem Volk das Herz verzagt; ich aber folgte dem HErr’s, meinem GOtt, treulich. (But my brothers, the with to_me hinaufgegangen were, make to_him people the heart verzagt; I but followed to_him LORD’s, my God, treulich.)
ClVgFratres autem mei, qui ascenderant mecum, dissolverunt cor populi: et nihilominus ego secutus sum Dominum Deum meum. (Fratres however my/mine, who ascenderant mecum, dissolverunt heart of_the_people: and nihilominus I secutus I_am Dominum God mine. )
Caleb is using the term brothers to describe people who are descended from the same ancestor. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “But my fellow Israelites”
As the General Introduction to Joshua discusses, in Hebrew, writers and speakers generally indicated whether people were going up to a higher elevation or going down to a lower elevation when they traveled. If your language does not mark travel for change in elevation, you can translate such expressions more simply. Alternate translation: “went”
Here the heart represents courage, and melt represents losing courage. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “made the people lose their courage”
Caleb is using a common expression to mean he obeyed God completely. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “But I obeyed Yahweh my God completely”
After the Israelites had conquered portions of the Promised Land and Joshua had grown old, the Lord directed him to divide the rest of the land among the tribes of Israel as their inheritance (Joshua 13-20). The eastern tribes had already been allotted their land under Moses’ leadership (Numbers 32), but they continued to help the other tribes drive out the Canaanites from land west of the Jordan River. The Lord also instructed the Israelites to designate several cities of refuge, where someone could flee for protection from an avenger if they accidentally killed someone (Numbers 35; Joshua 20).
